Abrão Teixeira, Julia
M.S. Student
Email: jabraoteixeira@vims.edu
Advisor: Piero Mazzini
Albert, Bayleigh
M.A. Student
Email: bialbert@vims.edu
Advisors: Molly Mitchell and Nicole Millette
Research Interests: science communication, community outreach, digital storytelling
Alfonso, Gabriel
Ph.D. Student
Email: gvafonso@vims.edu
Office: Nunnally Hall 128
Advisor: Eric Hilton
Research Interests: Morphology, Taxonomy, Phylogenetic Systematics, Functional Anatomy, Evolution
Avery, Leila
M.S. Student
Email: lavery@vims.edu
Office: Andrews Hall 411
Advisor: Adriane Michaelis
Research Interests: Shellfish aquaculture, ecosystem services, human dimensions, conservation & restoration
Back, Dongyoung
Ph.D. Student
Email: dback@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7649
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall s313
Barksdale, Mary Bryan
Ph.D. Student
Email: mbarksdale@vims.edu
Office: 234D Andrews Hall
Advisors: Dr. Chris Hein and Dr. Matt Kirwan
Benjamin, Kianne
M.A. Student
Email: kbenjamin@vims.edu
Office: Nunnally Hall 109, CCRM Annex 101
Advisor: Kevin Weng and Molly Mitchell
Benson, Gabriel
Ph.D. Student
Email: gbenson@vims.edu
Office: CCRM Annex 106
Advisors: Donna Bilkovic and Karinna Nunez
Research Interests: Living Shorelines, Ecosystem Services, Spatial Ecology
Benson, Zoe
M.S. Student
Email: zabenson@vims.edu
Office: Andrews Hall 434A
Advisor: Rochelle Seitz and Romauld Lipcius
Research Interests: Invertebrate Predator-Prey Interactions, Community Behavioral Ecology, Oyster Restoration
Blume, Lilly
Ph.D. Student
Email: ltblume@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7920
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 235
Advisors: Kimberly S. Reece and Bongkeun Song
Bourdon, Ricardo
M.S. Student
Email: rbbourdon@vims.edu
Advisor: Donglai Gong
Breitenbeck, Grace
M.S. Student
Email: gabreitenbeck@wm.edu
Phone: 804-684-7822
Office: Andrews Hall 304
Advisor: Chris Patrick
Interests: seagrass ecology, interspecies facilitations/interactions, coastal & estuarine systems
Cahoon, Kayla
Ph.D. Student
Email: kmcahoon@vims.edu
Cell Phone: 804-832-8308
Office: Andrews Hall 234A
Advisor: Dr. Christopher Hein
Calhoun, W. Reid
M.S. Student
Email: wrcalhoun@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7840
Office: Andrews Hall 421
Advisor: Andrew Scheld
Calzada, Jaime
Ph.D. Student
Email: jrcalzada@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7140
Office: Davis Hall 207D
Unit: Center for Coastal Resources Management
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Zhang
Castro, Isabelle
M.S. Student
Email: iccastro@vims.edu
Advisor: Juliette L. Smith
Chakkalaparambil Rajendran, Athira
Ph.D. Student
Email: acchakkalaparambil@vims.edu
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 329
Advisor: Manuel Colombo
Research Interests: Marine organic chemistry, Carbon cycle, Carbon sequestration, Ocean biogeochemistry
Chen, Xuqing
Ph.D. Student
Email: xchen@vims.edu
Phone: (484) 560-3443
Office: Andrews 418
Cherry, Latoya
M.S. Student
Email: lncherry@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7539
Office: Andrews Hall 215
Cisz, Kaite
M.S. Student
Email: krcisz@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7522
Office: Nunnally Hall 126 / Chesapeake Bay Hall N213
Advisors: Dr. Jan McDowell and Dr. Eric Hilton
Interests: Marine fish ecology, elasmobranchs, comparative anatomy, morphology, population genetics
Clerkin, Paul
Ph.D. Student
Email: pjclerkin@vims.edu
Phone Number: (804) 684-7612
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall N213
Dada, Oluwakemi
Ph.D. Student
Email: obdada@vims.edu
Phone: 757-778-2485
Office: Andrews Hall 421
Advisor: Andrew Scheld
Danforth, Isabelle
M.S. Student
Email: iadanforth@vims.edu
Advisor: Andrew Wargo
Davis, Liz
Ph.D. Student
Email: ehdavis@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7184
Office: Andrews Hall 224
Advisor: Dr. Christopher Hein
Interests: Coastal geology & geomorphology, coastal dunes, sea-level rise, storm surge, coastal management and policy
DeVries, Caroline
M.S. Student
Email: cgdevries@vims.edu
Advisor: Robert J. Latour
Dixon, Rachel
Ph.D. Student
Email: rldixon@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7833
Office: Nunnally Hall 115
Advisor: Dr. Mary Fabrizio
Dolan, Taylor
M.S. Student
Email: tcdolan@vims.edu
Phone: 804-684-7869
Office: Andrews Hall 410
Advisor: Jessica Moss Small
Website: Aquaculture Genetics & Breeding Technology Center
Du, Zhiyun
Ph.D. Student
Email: zdu@vims.edu
Phone: 757-968-8533
Office: Andrews Hall 215
Advisor: Courtney Harris
Interests: Sediment transport; Numerical modeling; ROMS
Dudrick, Robyn
M.S. Student
Email: rdudrick@vims.edu
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 329
Advisor: Meredith Seeley
Research Interests: Microplastics, tire wear particles, SAV
Echevarria, Emily
Ph.D. Student
Email: eeechevarria@vims.edu
Office: Nunnally Hall 111
Advisor: Rob Latour
Research Interests: Shark ecology and conservation
Edwards, Mickie
Ph.D. Student
Email: mredwards@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7822
Office: Andrew's Hall 304
Advisor: Chris Patrick
Fergel, Jessica
M.S. Student
Email: jrfergel@vims.edu
Office: CCRM Annex 103
Advisors: Donna Bilkovic and Robert Isdell
Research Interests: living shorelines, fish productivity and enhancement, ecosystem services
Ferre, Jordan
M.S. Student
Email: jmferre@vims.edu
Office: Andrews Hall 434B
Advisor: Rochelle Seitz
Research Interests: Invertebrate ecology, soft-shell clam ecology in the Chesapeake, conservation and restoration ecology
Flynn, Evan
Ph.D. Student
Email: erflynn@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7274
Office: Andrews Hall 132
Advisor: Steve Kuehl
Research Interests: Seabed Processes, Sediment Geochronology, Organic Carbon Processing and Accumulation, Continental Shelf Environments
Garber, Josh
Ph.D. Student
Email: jagarber@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7987
Office: Andrews 419
Advisor: Dr. Juliette Smith
Gellerson, Ellie
M.S. Student
Email: efgellerson@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7424
Office: CBH 313N
Advisor: Amber Hardison
Research Interests: Coastal biogeochemistry, phytoplankton ecology, polar oceanography
Geragotelis, Alexander
M.S. Student
Email: adgeragotelis@vims.edu
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 334
Advisor: Stacy Krueger-Hadfield
Research Interests: Algae, population genetics, ecology
Gilsinan, Caela
M.S. Student
Email: cbgilsinan@vims.edu
Phone: 804-684-7890
Office: Andrews Hall 421
Advisor: Andrew Scheld
Interests: Human dimensions within marine science, commercial fisheries and aquaculture topics, ecosystem services
Girasek, Quinn
M.S. Student
Email: qlgirasek@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7827
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 229/230
Advisor: Jan McDowell
Gonzalez, Kelly
M.S. Student
Email: kairvin@vims.edu
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 334
Advisor: Angelina Dichiera
Research Interests: Fish physiology, fisheries, conservation, and aquaculture
Gravgaard, Ally
M.S. Student
Email: aggravgaard@vims.edu
Office: Nunnally Hall 132
Advisor: Robert J. Latour
Green, Abby
M.A. Student
Email: amhelzer@vims.edu
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 135
Advisor: Jan McDowell
Research Interests: Sharks, public outreach, conservation, education
Green, Liam
M.S. Student
Email: wdgreen@vims.edu
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 329
Advisor: Meredith Seeley
Research Interests: Movement and degradation of micro- and nanoplastics across environmental compartments
Grenn, Julianne
Ph.D. Student
Email: jmgrenn@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7313
Office: Andrews Hall 434D
Advisor: Dr. Bill Walton
Griffin, Madison
M.S. Student
Email: mdgriffin@vims.edu
Office: Andrews Hall 422
Advisor: Grace Chiu
Interests: statistics, policy, management, causal modeling
Website: Environmental Statistics and Transdisciplinary Data Science (ESTDatS) Lab
Groff, Chris
Ph.D. Student
Email: cmgroff@vims.edu
Office: Andrews Hall 335B
Grogan, Maisie
M.S. Student
Email: mgrogan@vims.edu
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 134
Advisor: Nicole Millette
Gross, Julie
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Dr. John Hoenig
Email: jmgross@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7462
Office: Fisheries Science Laboratory - 109
Guennouni, Nihal
M.S. Student
Email: nguennouni@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7969
Office: Andrews Hall 420
Advisor: Rom Lipcius
Research Interests: Blue Crab Population Dynamics, Functional Response, Predator-Prey Interactions, Scientific Communication, Living Shorelines, Oyster Restoration
Hall, Alyson
Ph.D. Student
Email: achall@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7367
Website: https://alyhall.weebly.com/
Office: Andrews Hall 304
Hancock, Grace
M.S. Student
Email: gmhancock@vims.edu
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 334
Advisor: Angelina Dichiera
Research Interests: Impacts of environmental stressors on the physiology of Chesapeake Bay fishes
Hatch, Jack
M.S. Student
Email: jahatch@vims.edu
Office: Nunnally Hall 132
Advisors: Molly Mitchell and Rob Latour
Research Interests: Aquaculture, Fisheries Science
Hawes, Colin
Ph.D. Student
Email: cahawes@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7463
Office: Andrews 325
Advisor: Dr. Marjy Friedrichs
Hernandez, Olivia
M.S. Student
Email: ohernandez@vims.edu
Phone: 804-684-7966
Office: Andrews Hall 419
Advisors: Juliette L. Smith and Robert J. Latour
Hill, Evan
M.S. Student
Email: ewhill@vims.edu
Advisor: Y. Joseph Zhang
Hoang, Elena
M.S. Student
Email: ethoang@vims.edu
Office: Andrews Hall 420
Advisor: Rochelle Seitz
Research Interests: predator prey dynamics, oyster reefs, benthic community
Hosseinzadeh, Ima
Ph.D. Student
Email: ihosseinzadeh@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7124
Office: CBH N113
Advisors: Dr. Nicole Millette and Dr. Bill Walton
Jackson, Derek
Ph.D. Student
Email: dnjackson@vims.edu
Office: Davis Hall 236
Advisor: David Rudders
Research Interests: Conservation engineering, fisheries technology
Klesch, Natalie
M.A. Student
Email: nmklesch@vims.edu
Advisors: Kirk Havens, Donna Bilkovic, Molly Mitchell
Research Interests: Environmental Policy, Natural Resource Management
Koshak, Sarah
Ph.D. Student
Email: jskoshak@vims.edu
Office Phone: (804) 684-7845
Office: Andrews 418
Interests: Lobster health, disease pathogenesis, microbiomes, aquatic health, disease ecology
Kowaleski, Kaitlyn R.
Ph.D. Student
Email: krclark@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7172
Office: Davis Hall 230
Advisors: Dr. David Rudders and Dr. Roger Mann
Research Interests: Fisheries ecology, reproductive biology, management of marine molluscs
Labossiere, Alexa
M.S. Student
Email: alabossiere@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7396
Office: Andrews Hall 325
Advisors: Marjy Friedrichs and Pierre St-Laurent
Research Interests: Coastal biogeochemical numerical modeling, Estuarine Carbonate Chemistry, Tropical cyclone impact on carbon cycling
LaGanke, Matt
Ph.D. Student
Email: mjlaganke@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7807
Office: Andrews Hall 434C
Lab: Commercial Shellfish Aquaculture Lab & Team
Advisor: Bill Walton
CV: Curriculum vitae
Research Interests: Commercial shellfish aquaculture production, farm and inventory management, technology implementation and adoption, sustainable food production systems
Letourneau, Stephanie
M.A. Student
Email: smletourneau@vims.edu
Phone: 804-684-7616
Office: Wilson House 106
Advisor: Molly Mitchell, Sarah Nuss, & Carl Friedrichs
Mann, Novia
M.S. Student
Email: ntmann@vims.edu
Advisors: BK Song, Amber Hardison
Mapes, Savannah
Ph.D. Student
Email: samapes@vims.edu
Office: CBH S109
Advisor: Dr. Kim Reece
Marquardt, Alex
Ph.D. Student
Email: armarquardt@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7507
Office: Andrews Hall 317
Masters, Shyane
Ph.D. Student
Email: smasters@vims.edu
Office: Nunnally Hall 111
Advisor: Angelina Dichiera and Rob Latour
Research Interests: fish physiology, fisheries
McCormick, W. Matt
Ph.D. Student
Email: wmccormick@vims.edu
Office: Andrews Hall 224
Advisor: Chris Hein
Research Interests: Coastal geomorphology, barrier island migration, sediment transport processes
McDermott, Aubrey
M.S. Student
Email: aemcdermott@vims.edu
Office: Andrews Hall 335C
Advisor: Emily Rivest
Research Interests: Marine Invertebrate Physiological Ecology
McKenna, Kelsey
M.S. Student
Email: kgmckenna@vims.edu
Office: Andrews Hall 411
Advisor: Adriane Michaelis
Research Interests: Aquaculture, fisheries, social science, ecology
Messerschmidt, Tyler
M.S. Student
Email: tcmesserschmidt@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7131
Office: Andrews Hall 217A
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Mestav, Rebecca
Ph.D. Student
Email: rtaylor@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7370
Office: Nunnally Hall 132
Advisor: Robert J. Latour
Molino, Grace
Ph.D. Student
Email: gdmolino@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7716
Office: Andrews Hall 234E
Advisor: Matthew Kirwan
Research Interests: Salt marshes, sea-level rise, geomorphology, coastal management, marine policy
Montalvo, Miguel
Ph.D. Student
Email: mmontalvo@vims.edu
Phone: 804-684-7544
Office: Fisheries Science Laboratory 110
Advisor: Dr. Eric Hilton
Mowatt-Larssen, Tor
Ph.D. Student
Email: tmowattlarssen@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7324
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 133
Advisor: Deborah Steinberg
Research Interests: Deep-sea ecology, ichthyoplankton, carbon cycling
Munoz, Andie
Ph.D. Student
Email: ammunoz@vims.edu
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall N213
Phone: (804)684-7883
Advisors: Dr. Jan McDowell and Dr. David Rudders
Section: Natural Resources
Unit: Fisheries Genetics Laboratory & Marine Advisory Program
Nolan, Meredith
M.S. Student
Email: mnolan@vims.edu
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 133
Advisor: Deborah K. Steinberg
Research Interests: Zooplankton ecology and physiology, polar oceanography
Parrish, David
Ph.D. Student
Email: parrishd@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7835
Office: CBNERR-WQ 101
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Unit: CBNERR
Peart, Stephanie G.
Ph.D. Student
Email: sgpeart@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7432
Office: Andrews Hall 325
Advisor: Dr. Mark Brush
Philipp, Katherine H.
M.S. Student
Email: khphilipp@vims.edu
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 234
Advisor: Bongkeun Song
Pitsenbarger, Madeline
M.A. Student
Email: mkburgess@vims.edu
Phone: 757-556-4848
Office: Andrews Hall 101
Section: Natural Resources
Advisor: Molly Mitchell
Research Interests: shellfish aquaculture: applied research, communication, advisory services
Pujols, Javi
M.S. Student
Email: japujols@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7965
Advisor: Emily Rivest
Rarick, Christina
Ph.D. Student
Email: cararick@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7193
Office: Andrews Hall 320
Advisor: Mark Brush
Recco, Danielle
M.S. Student
Email: dnrecco@vims.edu
Office: CCRM Annex 105
Advisors: Donna Bilkovic and Andrew Scheld
Research Interests: Conservation policy, food web dynamics, geospatial ecology, derelict fishing gear
Roldan Ayala, Zabdiel
Ph.D. Student
Email: zaroldanayala@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7923
Office: Chesapeake Bal Hall N113
Rose, Ashley
M.S. Student
Email: alrose@vims.edu
Office: CCRM Annex 102
Advisors: Robert Isdell and Donna Marie Bilkovic
Research Interests: Restoration ecology, living shorelines, bivalve aquaculture, marine ecology
Royster, Daniel
M.A. Student
Email: droyster@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7587
Office: Nunnally 138
Section: Natural Resources
Salmoiraghi, Amanda
M.S. Student
Email: acsalmoiraghi@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7434
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall N213
Advisors: Jan McDowell and Robert J. Latour
Salway, Ria
M.S. Student
Email: rsalway@vims.edu
Office: Andrews Hall 335C
Advisor: Emily Rivest
Research Interests: invertebrate physiology, marine ecology, ocean acidification
Schoenberg, Natalia
Ph.D. Student
Email: njschoenberg@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7969
Office: Andrews Hall 420
Advisor: Dr. Rochelle Seitz
Sears, Madison
M.A. Student
Email: mrsears@vims.edu
Office: Andrews Hall 434B
Advisor: Molly Mitchell and Adriane Michaelis
Research Interests: Social Sciences, Aquaculture, Fisheries
Sevelow-Lee, Jade
M.A. Student
Email: jade@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7784
Unit: Dean & Director's Office
Research Interests: Shellfish aquaculture and the habitat ecosystem services it provides. Shellfish aquaculture outreach and education.
Shrives, Rachel
M.S. Student
Email: rrshrives@vims.edu
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 334
Advisors: Amber Hardison
Shunk, Nathan
Ph.D. Student
Email: npshunk@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7267
Office: Andrews 234F
Advisor: Dr. Piero Fernandes Mazzini
Sisti, Abbey
Ph.D. Student
Email: arsisti@vims.edu
Office: Andrews 334A
Advisor: Dr. Emily Rivest
Smith, Shannon
Ph.D. Student
Email: scsmith@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7296
Office: Nunnally Hall 113
Advisor: Mary Fabrizio
Szot, Olivia
M.S. Student
Email: onszot@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7660
Office: Andrews Hall 210
Advisor: Dr. Marjy Friedrichs
Thomas, Maya
Ph.D. Student
Email: mithomas@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7401
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall 129
Advisor: Deborah Steinberg
Research Interests: Antarctic zooplankton, zooplankton ecology, biogeochemistry, food web interactions
Utzig Nardi, Ricardo
M.S. Student
Email: rutzignardi@vims.edu
Advisor: Piero Mazzini
Walters, Mara
Ph.D. Student
Email: mfwalters@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7281
Advisors: Bongkeun Song and Robert Hale
Wilkinson, Emma
M.S. Student
Email: egwilkinson@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7676
Office: Andrews Hall 320
Advisor: Mark Brush
Interests: Estuarine health, numerical modeling, water quality
Wilson, Camille
M.S. Student
Email: cewilson@vims.edu
Office: Andrews Hall 304
Advisor: Chris Patrick
Research Interests: Seagrass ecology, restoration and monitoring, community ecology
Woodson, AJ
M.A. Student
Email: awoodson@vims.edu
Office: Andrews Hall 422
Advisor: Molly Mitchell
Youtsey, Leslie Speight
Ph.D. Student
Email: lgspeight@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7605
Office: CBH N205
Advisors: Jan McDowell and Kim Reece
Interests: Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Transcriptomics, Aquaculture, Shellfish, Clams, Bay Scallops
Zhai, Danyang
M.S. Student
Email: dzhai@vims.edu
Office: Andrews Hall 216
Advisor: Jian Shen
Research Interests: machine learning, modeling
